https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A swan mourning the death of its companion on a German railway track held up 23 trains for almost an hour and had to be removed by firefighters using special equipment, police said. https://www.thelocal.de/20201229/swan-late-mourning-bird-holds-up-german-trains Tue, 29 Dec 2020 10:13:05 +0100 swan-late-mourning-bird-holds-up-german-trains Starting December 13th, German national railway Deutsche Bahn will kick off several new routes, as part of a larger improvement plan. Here's what you need to know. https://www.thelocal.de/20201211/more-connections-speedier-trains-deutsche-bahn-launches-new-timetable Fri, 11 Dec 2020 11:41:39 +0100 more-connections-speedier-trains-deutsche-bahn-launches-new-timetable Germany has urged people to stay at home as much as possible and avoid non-essential travel. What does that mean during the festive holidays? Here's what we know so far. https://www.thelocal.de/20201126/will-travel-in-germany-be-allowed-at-christmas Thu, 26 Nov 2020 17:39:20 +0100 will-travel-in-germany-be-allowed-at-christmas An Eritrean man on Wednesday apologised in a German court for fatally pushing a boy under a train during an episode of paranoid schizophrenia, in a case that stoked a heated immigration debate. https://www.thelocal.de/20200819/man-on-trial-for-pushing-boy-under-german-train Wed, 19 Aug 2020 18:47:08 +0200 man-on-trial-for-pushing-boy-under-german-train An Eritrean man goes on trial in Germany on Wednesday for fatally throwing a boy under a train during an episode of paranoid schizophrenia, in a case that stoked a heated immigration debate. https://www.thelocal.de/20200819/man-goes-on-trial-for-pushing-boy-under-german-train Wed, 19 Aug 2020 10:50:39 +0200 man-goes-on-trial-for-pushing-boy-under-german-train ffGerman rail group Deutsche Bahn said Thursday it has plunged into its deepest financial crisis with a huge first half loss of 3.7 billion euros as the coronavirus pandemic slammed the brakes on travel. https://www.thelocal.de/20200730/virus-pushes-deutsche-bahn-into-worst-ever-financial-crisis Thu, 30 Jul 2020 16:09:50 +0200 virus-pushes-deutsche-bahn-into-worst-ever-financial-crisis People in Germany are gearing up to travel again within the country. But taking a train is going to be different compared to pre-pandemic times. Here’s what’s changing. https://www.thelocal.de/20200526/how-the-coronavirus-pandemic-is-changing-train-travel-in-germany Tue, 26 May 2020 14:45:51 +0200 how-the-coronavirus-pandemic-is-changing-train-travel-in-germany Germany's national rail company is taking a number of measures to improve its cleanliness amid the coronavirus pandemic, including hiring more cleaners and making WCs at some stations around the country free of charge. https://www.thelocal.de/20200519/coronavirus-deutsche-bahn-to-double-its-cleaners-on-trains Tue, 19 May 2020 12:10:47 +0200 coronavirus-deutsche-bahn-to-double-its-cleaners-on-trains Five train stations in Germany have snagged a top 10 place in a European-wide ranking. But others haven't fared so well. https://www.thelocal.de/20200218/five-german-railway-stations-among-the-top-10-in-europe Tue, 18 Feb 2020 10:50:27 +0100 five-german-railway-stations-among-the-top-10-in-europe German state-owned rail operator Deutsche Bahn refused delivery of 25 double-deck trains built by the Canadian group Bombardier owing to "manufacturing defects", a spokesman told AFP Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20200128/deutsche-bahn-rejects-25-bombardier-trains-over-manufacturing-defects Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:28:21 +0100 deutsche-bahn-rejects-25-bombardier-trains-over-manufacturing-defects Berlin’s Social Democrats are pushing for a €365 annual ticket for public transport. But it’s already proving a controversial proposal, with a Munich travel boss warning against it. https://www.thelocal.de/20200127/berlin-plan-for-1-per-day-public-transport-ticket-stirs-up-controversy Mon, 27 Jan 2020 10:38:51 +0100 berlin-plan-for-1-per-day-public-transport-ticket-stirs-up-controversy German experts defused a World War II bomb in Cologne on Tuesday that had forced the evacuation of thousands of office workers and disrupted rail and ship traffic. https://www.thelocal.de/20200121/wwii-bomb-found-in-central-cologne-made-safe-after-evacuation Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:27:19 +0100 wwii-bomb-found-in-central-cologne-made-safe-after-evacuation Passengers were warned to expect delays and cancellations on parts of Germany's rail network on Tuesday after a bomb was discovered in the western city of Cologne. https://www.thelocal.de/20200121/disruption-to-long-distance-trains-as-us-wwii-bomb-found-in-cologne Tue, 21 Jan 2020 09:46:03 +0100 disruption-to-long-distance-trains-as-us-wwii-bomb-found-in-cologne Germany’s new 2020 train timetable came into force on December 15th. Here’s an overview of the changes. https://www.thelocal.de/20191205/what-you-need-to-know-about-germanys-new-2020-train-timetable Thu, 05 Dec 2019 17:08:00 +0100 what-you-need-to-know-about-germanys-new-2020-train-timetable Passengers in Germany are facing disruption on Friday due to major strike action in France. https://www.thelocal.de/20191206/travel-disruption-in-germany-as-french-strikes-cause-transport-misery Fri, 06 Dec 2019 11:36:38 +0100 travel-disruption-in-germany-as-french-strikes-cause-transport-misery Staring on December 15th, passengers on Berlin’s S-Bahn may see their transportation time reduced. https://www.thelocal.de/20191014/berlin-s-bahn-to-introduce-new-express-trains Mon, 14 Oct 2019 13:47:25 +0200 berlin-s-bahn-to-introduce-new-express-trains Police are currently hunting for a murder suspect in the town of Elze near Hildesheim, investigators announced on Friday morning, causing train delays throughout western Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20190927/major-train-delays-as-police-search-for-murder-suspect-near Fri, 27 Sep 2019 13:05:44 +0200 major-train-delays-as-police-search-for-murder-suspect-near As Germany considers how to make stations safer after a boy was pushed under a train in Frankfurt, Munich is planning to get platform screen doors on its U-Bahn system. https://www.thelocal.de/20190805/munich-plans-platform-screen-doors-on-u-bahn-amid-station-security-debates Mon, 05 Aug 2019 11:34:35 +0200 munich-plans-platform-screen-doors-on-u-bahn-amid-station-security-debates The Green party has proposed to make rail travel in Germany so attractive over the coming decades that passengers turn their back on domestic flights. https://www.thelocal.de/20190723/trains-instead-of-planes-germanys-greens-want-to-make-domestic-flights-obsolete Tue, 23 Jul 2019 11:17:47 +0200 trains-instead-of-planes-germanys-greens-want-to-make-domestic-flights-obsolete Berlin's buses, trains and trams get the thumbs up but there's lots to be improved on, say readers who shared their views in the first of our series on Germany's public transport. https://www.thelocal.de/20190722/install-ac-and-reduce-ticket-costs-this-is-how-berlin-should-improve-its-public-transport Mon, 22 Jul 2019 17:29:58 +0200 install-ac-and-reduce-ticket-costs-this-is-how-berlin-should-improve-its-public-transport